Garry Kasparov vs Robert Morrison (1981)

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Garry Kasparov vs Robert Morrison
World Youth U26 Team Championship (1981), Graz AUT, rd 3, Aug-19
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Gligoric-Taimanov System (E92) · 1-0

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May-12-08		sallom89: great game!

Aug-27-10		Rob Morrison: I believe this game was from Round 3 in the World Youth Olympiad, USSR vs. Canada, Board 1. At the time, Garry was 18 years old and ranked 6th in the world, but everyone pretty much knew that he was going to be world champion. A TV station crew was there (on Garry's right) and maybe a minute after the game started someone turned on a bright light to illuminate the scene for the camera. I recall Garry made his displeasure clear and uttered a kind of rough "Nicht! Nicht!" When the light wasn't immediately turned off he then turned in his seat to the left so that his back was facing the camera and it was clear that he wasn't going to change his position until the light was turned off. Within a few seconds all was back to normal. I was deliberately following the game Kasparov-Maia Chiburdanidze (Baku 1980) and I believe I had an improvement in mind for black (I don't recall now what it was) but Garry varied and so never gave me a chance and then he wiped me out. One might ask why I would follow one of Garry's own games. The reality is I had no idea what to do. I admit I was thoroughly intimidated by the whole scene. I think Garry used about 45 minutes and I lost on time in a lost position. I had good company. Garry's score in that tournament was 10 wins and 2 draws. During our game I suppose Garry was polite enough though it was obvious that he thought he was playing against an irrelevant patzer from some piddly country. Given what happened in the game I suppose I couldn't argue too much with that. I met Garry again many years later at a function in Toronto hosted by a Canadian company. This would have been 2006 or 2007--25 years later. When I mentioned the game to him he immediately remembered it and referred to his crushing knight on f5. Rob Morrison Toronto, Canada August 2010

Aug-27-10		Indiachess: Wow! What a hearty note by Rob, I loved it and feeling so happy!

Aug-27-10		Shams: Thanks for sharing, <Rob>. Great story.

Aug-27-10		JointheArmy: <I met Garry again many years later at a function in Toronto hosted by a Canadian company. This would have been 2006 or 2007--25 years later. When I mentioned the game to him he immediately remembered it and referred to his crushing knight on f5.> This is why Garry is Garry and the rest of us mope around CG.com. Absolutely impressive.

Aug-28-10		Rob Morrison: One other tidbit. In the conversation in 2006 or 2007 I told Garry that, to the best of my knowledge, I was the only Canadian who had ever played him in a one-on-one tournament game. He said that he thought that was correct. The Canadian who he was most aware of was Spraggett and he noted that he had never played against him. Yeah, it was amazing that, right out of the blue, he could remember this minor game 25 years later. My pleasure passing this stuff on. Anyone who played a sure-to-be-famous-forever player like Garry (or, say, Fischer) in the past should consider doing the same if they think there's really anything to tell. People will find it to be of interest even 100 years from now.

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